Mask

Museum number:
5-16191
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-438 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo mask; carved wood, painted black and white; twisted horns broken + repaired; perforations around edge to attach raffia or drape. Conservation: Old repair on one horn, small drying cracks in neck and over left eye. Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 200) Twisted horns, small. Black and White. Horns Broken [repaired].
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 16.2 centimeters, length 10 centimeters, and height 24 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 4-Bascom-5
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16191, described as Ibo mask; carved wood, painted black and white; twisted horns broken + repaired; perforations around edge to attach raffia or drape. Conservation: Old repair on one horn, small drying cracks in neck and over left eye. Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 200) Twisted horns, small. Black and White. Horns Broken [repaired].Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16191, described as Ibo mask; carved wood, painted black and white; twisted horns broken + repaired; perforations around edge to attach raffia or drape. Conservation: Old repair on one horn, small drying cracks in neck and over left eye. Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 200) Twisted horns, small. Black and White. Horns Broken [repaired].

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